This is charming collection of poems, comics, essays and short stories of varied theme and quality that purports to be the new wave of Latino writing,This is charming collection of poems, comics, essays and short stories of varied theme and quality that purports to be the new wave of Latino writing, which means the authors are varied and not the same stale mix of tried and true diehards. The title Lengua Fresca riffs on the idea that they're purposefully embracing "Spanglish," but some of these stories (a minority) are actually in Spanish--just a head's up. Not every story included is great, but there are some real gems, and the good outweigh the bad. Recommended....more